Creole Chocolate Cake

 Creole chocolate cake

3 squares baking chocolate

½ cup sugar 

1 cup milk

1 egg

½ cup butter

1 cup sugar

3 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 tablespoon baking powder

Dash of cinnamon

Melt the baking chocolate, and add ½ cup sugar and the milk. Cook on top of a double boiler till well blended; remove from the heat and add 1 well-beaten egg. Stir well and cool slightly. Cream butter and 1 cup sugar; add 3 eggs, beaten well, and then the chocolate mixture and vanilla. Add the flour sifted with the baking powder and cinnamon. Beat well. Pour into 2 greased and floured 9 inch cake pans, and bake in a 350 degree oven for 25 to 30 minutes. Frost cake with creole icing.